In the figure above, how many rectangles are there that are
not
squares?
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In order to make a rectangle, we need to pick two vertical and two horizontal lines that aren't the same distance apart.
There are 2 6 ∗ 5 = 1 5 ways to pick either two vertical or two horizontal lines, and these two lines range between 1 to 5 small square distances apart. For each range of one pair of vertical lines there's an equal amount of pairs of horizontal lines that we shouldn't count.
This makes the total number of rectangles: 5 × ( 1 5 − 5 ) + 4 × ( 1 5 − 4 ) + 3 × ( 1 5 − 3 ) + 2 × ( 1 5 − 2 ) + 1 × ( 1 5 − 1 ) = 1 7 0 .